The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third and best known of four full-length novels featuring world famous detective Sherlock Holmes. It tells the story of a murder case involving the family curse of the Baskervilles and the legend of a ferocious, supernatural hound set on the moors on Dartmoor in Devon, England.  Holmes and Watson are called to the case by a family friend, Dr. James Mortimer, who senses something amiss in the death by heart attack of the baronet and fears for the safety of his Canadian nephew, the inheritor of the estate.  The story that unfolds involves a clandestine love affair, a long lost heir impersonating a local naturalist, an escaped convict, a mysterious cabbie, and the Baker Street Irregulars assisting in collecting useful intelligence in London. As usual, Holmes is miles ahead of everyone in determining that things are not what they seem and deducing the truth from evidence overlooked by everyone else.
 
The story was serialized in the Strand Magazine in 1901 and 1902 before publication in book form.  It marked the return of Holmes from his apparent death years before in the Final Problem.  It ranks 123rd on the BBC’s list of 200 best-loved novels in the UK.

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